Ханифа Мухиддиновна Мавлянова

Hanifa Muhiddinovna Mavlianova was a Soviet and Tajik soprano opera and concert singer, born in Leninabad, Tajikistan. She graduated from the musical college in her home town in 1936. From 1943, she worked as soloist at the Ayni Opera and Ballet Theatre in Dushanbe. She furthered her studies at the Moscow State Conservatory from 1952 to 1959. Mavlianova received the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour and was granted a title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1968. She was also a professor of music from 1978 and served as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet.